Example sentences of "of [pers pn] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest .
2 He listens , he listens to it afterwards and he goes no I ca n't understand , well now I can , now I can understand why they take the piss out of me for my voice .
3 the way Jimmy goes , Jimmy goes understand why you always take the piss out of me for my voice
4 It was the scarcity of Indian appointments , coveted by so many applicants , which gave such great influence to those politicians able to produce some of them for their friends .
5 After about twenty minutes I got up and prepared to leave , thanking both of them for their hospitality .
6 Like Julia , in the earlier book , Beth catches things ‘ on the hop ’ — almost as a student whose mind is more imaginative than philosophical will react to a first reading of Bishop Berkeley by quickly turning his head , hoping to witness the sudden appearance or disappearance of those external objects which are supposed to depend on his perception of them for their existence .
7 They had always written off their mother 's manoeuvres as tribal tactics devised to keep the two of them for her kind , with their father as some sort of lower ally in the endeavour , more deeply absorbed by his autonomy and his cigars than by the dynamics of living with his wife .
8 It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts .
9 At the bottom end of the educational scale I remember so very clearly the instances — and there were far too many of them for my peace of mind — where the school had virtually given up in the face of difficulties .
10 On my life , I ordered one of them for my friend 's daughter for her birthday and it was ten pounds that 's two ninety nine .
11 I only wanted to tell you I 'm really interested in the Foundling babies and I hope to visit some of them for my husband .
12 Let's start off with all of them for your worksheet status , to see the memory .
13 Dad you gon na open one of them for your birthday ?
14 If your diary or notebook does not have these , or does not contain enough of them for your needs , buy a small packet of graph paper as well .
15 Should of got one of them for your granddad .
16 I must take this opportunity to say a personal thank you to each and everyone of you for your kind support and all the good wishes that I have received during the past six months .
17 My thanks go to each and every one of you for your contribution to our success .
18 I should think of you for his finger .
19 For those of us for whom gunkholing is a passion , they might as well add ‘ compelling , ’ ‘ beautiful , ’ or ‘ breathtaking . ’
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